Congress took over reconstruction from president johnson after

a. northern republicans resigned from congress.

b. former confederate leaders were elected to congress.

c. the president punished the south for the civil war.

d. the president demanded an end to reconstruction.

Congress took over Reconstruction from President Johnson after:

B. former Confederate leaders were elected to Congress.

President Johnson allowed for many Confederate leaders to keep their governmental power, allowed black codes to take place, and declared the south “repaired”despite the work that needed to be done which angered Congress.

B-former confederate leaders were elected to congress

the answer is solomon northrup. he was a free-born african american, abolitionist and professional violinist that was drugged, kidnapped and sold as slave in 1841 and remained in captivity until 1853 where he regained his freedom with the of the then-governor of new york, washington hunt. he wrote and published his memoirs "twelve years a slave" in 1853, and in this text, he tells the story of his escape thru one of louisiana's swamps (the great pacoudrie swamp) in which he ended up covered in green slime from crossing the surface of the dead water.